The rape of Lucrece, committed by Tarquin the sixt
Subtitle: and the remarkable judgments that befel him for it
By: by the incomparable master of our English poetry, Will: Shakespeare Gent ; whereunto is annexed, The banishment of Tarquin, or, The reward of lust, by J. Quarles
Contributors: Quarles, John, 1624-1665; Grismond, John, printer; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, engraver; Stafford, John, active 1658, bookseller; Gilbertson, William, -1665, bookseller; Mackenzie, James, binder; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed by J. G[rismond]. for John Stafford in George-yard neer Fleet-bridge, and Will: Gilbertson at the Bible in Giltspur-street
Published: 1655
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Other titles: Banishment of Tarquin; Reward of lust; Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare and Shakespeariana (Boston Public Library)
Notes: Printer's name from ESTC.

Signautres: Áþ B-F́ı Ǵþ

Title page vignette (printer's device); head- and tailpieces.

"The engraving facing the title page is rare; only seven copies are known. It is by William Faithorne and is the third engraved portrait of Shakespeare ..."--Bartlett.

The banishment of Tarquin has separate pagination and individual title page.

Bartlett, H.C.  Shakespeare early editions, 21

ESTC R13087

Boston Public Library.  Barton collection catalogue, Shakespeare, p. 51, no. 741

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by James Mackenzie in green morocco tooled in gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. The Faithorne frontispiece has been trimmed, with losses to text, and is laid onto a new sheet. Many page edges are also trimmed closely, resulting in minor losses to text. Leaves B3 and B4 are bound out of order at the front of Gathering B.